THE POWER OF COMMUNITY: LOCAL SYDNEY BUSINESS RAISES $92,000 WITH HELP OF REWARDLE SYSTEM

Local Zetland business, Fine Shine Car Wash recently held its second annual fundraising day, raising money to find a cure for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, or DMD, a cause close to their hearts.

This year, with support of friends, family, loyal customers and local community members, Fine Shine raised over $92K, greatly surpassing their expectations for the day.

As co-owner Yousuf explained, “This was only our second year and we raised a staggering $92,340. We thought the first year raising $37, 514 was phenomenal, so this year’s event was unbelievable!”

So how were Fine Shine able to excite so much attention in only its second year?

Like many hardworking, amazing local business owners, the Fine Shine family has been working hard to build strong customer relationships with their excellent service and friendly staff. They take this a step further, by recognising the importance in translating these relationships into a digital database which can be leveraged to reward loyal customers, communicate about causes like this, and strengthen customer relationships overall!

In short, Fine Shine was able to use their Rewardle system this year to communicate to a far larger number of potential customers than solely its regulars. Last year, Fine Shine didn’t use its Rewardle database to advertise and connect with its customers. The substantial difference in funds made demonstrates the degree of success that can be achieved by using this database to communicate with clients, especially when supported with offline activities.

Apart from sending out emails to customers through Rewardle and posting on social media, Fine Shine advertised its fundraiser by word-of-mouth, aimed mostly at regular customers.

Yousuf said, “Two weeks prior to the event we decorated the whole store with posters, images and information on the upcoming event so anyone who visited was made well aware.”

While event advertising in-store is effective when communicating face-to-face, Fine Shine’s use of the database was vital for its higher level of engagement as it provided a far greater audience reach. The massive success of this event clearly demonstrates the benefits of an integrated online and offline marketing campaign.

Fine Shine hopes to continue its annual fundraiser in 2018, perhaps looking to support another charity or the Children’s Hospital. One thing is for certain, however, and that’s the fact that Fine Shine will continue to utilise its Rewardle database when raising awareness for any of its fundraisers.

Huge congratulations to Fine Shine for the amazing work fundraising this important cause. If you’d like to support their cause, you can donate further to the Save our Sons here.

Find out how you can connect your offline and online marketing activities with Rewardle to take you business to the next level by emailing success@rewardle.com or 03 8593 4173.